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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG,
18th January, 1927.
Sir,
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11079/26 22567/26
No(1)
For 6631/26
With reference to your secret despatch of the
23rd June, 1926, and your telegram of the 10th December,
1926, to which I replied by my telegram of the 11th
January regarding the proposed aerodrome in Hong Kong, I have the honour to inform you that the question has, since the receipt of your despatch, been further con- sidered in conjunction with Commodore J.L. Pearson, Captain R. Eliot of H.M.S. "Hermes" and Wing Commander
R. Leckie.
2.
As the result of this further examination of
the scheme, it is now recommended that the area to be
reserved for the aerodrome should be rather larger than that suggested in my secret despatch of the 18th February. I
Enclo No enclose a report from the Director of Public Works Enclo No. 2 plan referred to therein, showing the area now proposed
dated the 8th January, 1927, together with a copy of the
for the aerodrome. This area comprises the greater part
of the undeveloped Kai Tak Reclamation and is edged in red on the plan. The portion outside the blue line still remains to be reclaimed. I therefore adhere to my
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
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